Paraliterary text: T-S Ar.30.87

Paraliterary text T-S Ar.30.87

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T-S Ar.30.87
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Primary Languages
Arabic
Judaeo-Arabic

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On one of the four pages: two lists of materia medica in Arabic, each headed by a basmala, perhaps medical prescriptions. Ingredients include sarcocolla (anzarūt) and white tragacanth (kathīrāʾ abyaḍ). On the other three pages: an unusual mix of Judaeo-Arabic and Hebrew poetry. Across from the prescriptions are lines in Judaeo-Arabic. On the other side of the fragment, the right page starts in Judaeo-Arabic and ends in Hebrew. The left page consists of very short lines with the first half in Hebrew and the second half in Judaeo-Arabic. This page is signed David b. Moshe ha-Levi and dated 22 Iyar 1565 Seleucid, which is 1254 CE. ASE

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Geniza
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Cambridge University Library, Taylor-Schechter
Historical shelfmarks
TS Arabic Box 30, f. 87; TS Arabic Box 30, fol. 87
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In PGP since 2020
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T-S Ar.30.87 1r

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1r

T-S Ar.30.87 1v

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1v
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Cambridge University Library, Taylor-Schechter, T-S Ar.30.87. Available online through the Princeton Geniza Project at https://geniza.princeton.edu/documents/20477/ (accessed October 14, 2026).